Keyhole is the 3D digital earth pioneer—the only company to deliver a 3D digital model of the entire earth via the Internet. Keyhole’s groundbreaking EarthStream™ technology combines advanced 3D graphics and network streaming innovations to produce a high performance system that runs on standard PC’s and commodity servers. Both high performance and intuitive to use, Keyhole’s solutions enable anyone to manipulate a rich map of the earth composed of imagery and feature information.

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Company
Founded in 2001, Keyhole received initial funding from Sony Broadband to develop its groundbreaking solution. In a few short years, Keyhole has acquired over 10,000 customers including hundreds of Fortune 1,000 companies and a cross-section of government agencies. In June 2003, Keyhole further defined its leadership position with funding from In-Q-Tel and deployment by NIMA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, one of the most prominent users of earth imagery and information.
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Management Team

John Hanke, CEO
John received his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996 and subsequently helped to start two successful entertainment software companies, Archetype Interactive and Big Network. John has a BA in Plan II from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduation, he worked in foreign affairs for the US Government in Washington, DC and Southeast Asia.

Brian McClendon, VP Engineering
With eighteen years of technical development experience, Brian has focused on product execution and delivery in the context of complex graphics software and hardware. He was formerly Director of Set-top Engineering with @Home and before that managed system simulation/verification for Infinite Reality at SGI. Brian received a BS/EE. from the University of Kansas in 1986.

Daniel Lederman, Director of Business Development
Daniel was formerly the Director of Business Development for Aerzone, Inc. He has extensive experience in partnership deal-making and management. He received his BA, and LLB, from Rand Afrikaans University Law School, Johannesburg, SA.

Bill Kilday, Director of Marketing
Bill received an MBA, MPP, and BA from the University of Texas at Austin. He previously served as a Marketing Director at Wheelhouse Interactive in Boston, MA and Marketing Manager for Cox Interactive in Austin, TX.

Noah Doyle, Strategic Marketing
Noah received his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996. During business school he co-founded MyPoints where he served as VP of Business Development. MyPoints went on to IPO in 2001 and was subsequently acquired by United Airlines. Noah received a BA from UC Berkeley. After graduation he worked in marketing at Rational Software.

Andria Ruben, Director of Government Affairs
Andria manages Keyhole's long-term relationship with government entities including USGS, the US Congress, and DOD. Prior to joining Keyhole Corp. Ms. Ruben was Vice President of Operations for Intrinsic Graphics. She served as acting CFO of GigaPixel Corporation, developer of 3D graphics SoC ASIC designs and of CompCore Multimedia, developer of digital audio and video encoding and decoding hardware and software designs. Ms. Ruben earned her B.A. in Political Science and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Irvine.

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Board of Directors

Thomas Gewecke, Sony
Thomas is a Senior Vice President at Sony Broadband. He is in charge of Sony Broadband's portfolio of investments in technology companies. Thomas was formerly Executive director of Online Services Group at PC World Communications.

Michael T. Jones, CTO, Intrinsic Graphics
Michael is perhaps best known in connection with IRIS Performer. He was Director of Engineering at Silicon Graphics Inc. and responsible for the entire array of graphics software such as OpenGL and IRIS Performer. Active in technical conferences, he has represented industry concerns at SIGGRAPH Executive Committee sessions and has published numerous technical papers in the fields of mathematics and computer graphics. His patent work ranges from high-quality texture filtering to interactive lighting and shadow techniques.

John Hanke, CEO

Brian McClendon, VP Engineering

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